Comments on: What Are Your Favorite Books?

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:04:53 +0000

@Travis

I’ve never read Dune and think I’ll finally give it a try. I do like Gibson. Spook City!

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:27:45 +0000

Is anyone here a fan of the Dune series? I think Frank Herbert is a genius of a writer, especially with his integration of philosophy into his works.

There’s definitely a reason why that series is considered “the greatest work of science fiction ever created”

Aside from that, anybody here a fan of William Gibson?

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:03:45 +0000

Illaria/Swimturtle. I would rather be stuck on a desert island than read your list. No offense.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:26:24 +0000

@llaria/Swimturtle

Now that is an impressive list. We got fewer of the classic than I’d expected, but you’re classing the joint up now. I love the Iliad. It is the most macho book of all time.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:25:15 +0000

@Daryl

I’ll give Preacher a try, thank you. I’ll find a way to force Marvel to let you write the remaining Punishers. And yeah, I’d love to guest post for you. I’ll take a look at what you have going on tonight and see if anything comes to mind. Awesome awesome awesome.

By: Ilaria/Swimturtle

Ilaria/Swimturtle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:59:50 +0000

Bleak House – Dickens
The Iliad – Homer and Robert Fagles
Moby Dick – Melville
Bel Canto – Patchett
Alexandria Quartet – Durrell
War and Peace – Tolstoy
Anna Karenina – Tolstoy

the desert island is my favorite fantasy. i’m always thinking of my desert island foods, desert island books, etc.

By: Daryle Dickens

Daryle Dickens — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:47:01 +0000

Greetings Josh, The Preacher series has a lot more depth to it than anything Garth did with The Punisher. Stronger characters and it really grapples with some of life’s questions involving God and religion. With a good mix of dark humor throughout. Pick up the first book and see if it pulls you in.

On a side note The Punisher will not be great until Marvel lets me write them.

And on another side note you can guest write on my blog anytime.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:49:20 +0000

Oh! You know what, I have read that Heller. It’s the book about all the false starts, right?

Have you heard the Sedaris box set? I’d never listened to him on audio before last year and was just blown away. It seems to me like he writes with performance in mind.

By: Boris

Boris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:32:55 +0000

Joyce’s Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man is excellent, no doubt, but I was actually referring to Joseph Heller’s Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man, a play on Joyce’s original title, to be sure. It is good, though, and I would recommend it.

Just about everything by Sedaris is hilarious, so I wanted to endorse those recommendations as well.